‘DWTS’ Judge Carrie Ann Inaba Reveals Details About the Finals

The Final Four isn’t just for college basketball anymore – next week, it extends to “Dancing with the Stars.”

“DWTS” judge Carrie Ann Inaba confirmed the change, which was planned before the start of Season 16, in an interview with Speakeasy.

The show always tries new things, Inaba says, “and the more dance, the better. It adds more quality of dance to the final shows.”

The format for Finals Week hasn’t been determined yet. Inaba says she “has a feeling” one of the four couples will be eliminated at the end of the May 20 performance show, although she stresses that hasn’t been decided.

Four duos have dominated the season: Zendaya and Val Chmerkovskiy, Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough, Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas, and Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff. So what does the remaining couple, “General Hospital” star Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson, have to do to break through that pack to make it to the finals?

“Ingo has to polish his lines,” Inaba says. “He’s got stature and polish; he’s pretty in his body.” However, he has to do a better job of finishing his moves, Inaba explains. “[A move] will make it to his elbow, maybe his wrist, but not to his hand.”